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New filing requirements for BVI companies - frequently asked questions

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As a result of the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024 and the BVI Business Companies and Limited Partnership (Beneficial Ownership) Regulations, 2024, all companies incorporated or registered in the British Virgin...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

CTA Deadline Approaching for Foreign Reporting Companies

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was adopted by Congress in January 2021 and became effective on January 1, 2024. Under the CTA and the initial regulations implementing it, “reporting companies” (corporations, LLCs,...more

Mayer Brown

Next Steps for Companies that Filed CTA Reports

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Millions of reporting companies breathed a sigh of relief on March 21, 2025, when the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule (the “IFR”) that exempted all domestic entities from...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN Narrows Reporting Rules, Exempting U.S. Entities and Beneficial Owners

On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an interim final rule exempting all U.S. entities and their beneficial owners from beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

FinCEN Issues Revised Corporate Transparency Act Rule; Domestic Companies Exempt

On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule under the Corporate Transparency Act. The revised rule changes the definition of “reporting company” to mean any entity that...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

UPDATE: FinCEN Pauses Penalties for CTA Reporting Noncompliance and Signals Additional Changes

As discussed in our previous alert, in connection with the recent reinstatement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its reporting obligations, FinCEN issued an announcement (the "Prior Announcement") extending the...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Treasury Department Suspends Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act for U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies

On February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced that it would not issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions against any companies based on a failure to file or...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Treasury Department Ends its Enforcement of CTA, But Compliance Risks Remain

On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department issued a press release announcing that, for now, the Department will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership information reporting rule under...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Corporate Transparency Act’s Reporting Obligations Are Back in Force

The Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) reporting obligations are back in effect after a nationwide court order blocking the CTA’s implementing regulations was stayed on February 17, 2025.  Most reporting companies are now...more

Saul Ewing LLP

FinCEN Reinstates Beneficial Ownership Reporting Deadline Following Court Ruling

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), enacted in 2021, mandates that companies disclose their true ownership to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to combat illicit financial activities. However, its...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Obligations Reinstated; Deadline Extended 30 Days

On February 19, 2025, FinCEN released a statement that BOI reporting obligations under the CTA are back in effect, after a recent U.S. District Court decision in the ongoing case of Smith et al. v. U.S. Department of the...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Deadlines Extended: What Businesses Must Know

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The nationwide injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and its beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reporting rule under 31 CFR 1010.380 (the “Rule”) has been stayed pending appeal, and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Corporate Transparency Act: Which Business Entities are Impacted, What is Required and How We Can Help

Beginning on January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) requires each domestic and foreign entity that qualifies as a “reporting company” to file a Beneficial Ownership Information Report (“BOIR”) with the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Matters To Consider for the 2024 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season

Companies have important decisions to make as they prepare for the 2024 annual meeting and reporting season. We have compiled this overview of the latest key issues — including SEC disclosure requirements, SEC guidance,...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Corporate Transparency Act: Reporting Beneficial Ownership Starting January 2024 - Update

What Does it Mean for Your Business? This article updates and provides new information and guidance and replaces our original article dated August 3, 2023. On January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Corporate Transparency Act: Are You Prepared?

Effective January 1, 2024, your business may be required to submit information to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) about your owners pursuant to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”)....more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

FinCEN Extends the Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Deadline for Newly Created Entities

The Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA") reporting requirements take effect on January 1, 2024. The CTA requires many entities to disclose ownership information to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”)...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Tax Compliance: Self-Assessment, Transparency, and Enforcement

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NY’s Almost There- Back in June of this year, New York’s legislature passed a bill that, if enacted, would create the first state-level public database with information regarding the ownership of limited liability...more

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